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Buddhism Now is an online Buddhist magazine based upon the teachings of the Buddha.

Buddhist Publishing Group (BPG) was formed in 1983 and published the paper issue of Buddhism Now between 1989-2007.

• Morning meditation — Looking Inward, you Discover.

  By Buddhism Now on 13 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Looking inward, you discover meaning, but by chasing externals, you go further from the source.’

  Seng-ts’an

• Morning Meditation: Mind Through Endless Kalpas.

  By Buddhism Now on 12 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Mind through endless kalpas without beginning, has never varied. It has never lived or died, appeared or disappeared, increased or decreased.’

  Bodhidharma

• Morning meditation — True Insight, in a Moment.

  By Buddhism Now on 11 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘True insight, in a moment, transforms the void into the world confronting you.’

  Seng-ts’an

• Morning meditation — Asked why he wore such a large hat.

  By Buddhism Now on 10 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Asked why he wore such a large hat, Zen master Huang Po replied, ‘because it has to cover the myriad worlds.’

  Huang Po

• Morning Meditation: If We Remain Still.

  By Buddhism Now on 9 February 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  ‘If we remain still, appreciation develops and we do not become gripped by suffering brought about by attraction or clinging.’

  Corrado Pensa

• Morning meditation — Tathagata is.

  By Buddhism Now on 8 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘Tathagata is he who speaks that which is true, he who speaks that which is fundamental, he who speaks that which is ultimate.’

  Bassui Tokushō

• Morning Meditation: By not Following.

  By Buddhism Now on 7 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘By not following depression or elation we look after our hearts. This is the natural state.’

  Ajahn Brahmamuni

• Morning meditation: The World has Become.

  By Buddhism Now on 6 February 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  ‘The world has become more emotional about every single thing but that is not the real world.’

  Arsène Wenger